Recital Information - This Information will be distributed with the January statements

Hello Legacy Family,

We are excited to begin preparation for our first Legacy Dance Recital which is on Saturday, May 29!

We know you will have many questions over the next few months. Please feel free to email us with your questions. Our email is thelegacydance@gmail.com.

1. Recital Fee added to your monthly billing:

You will find extra expenses added to your statements beginning with your January billing. One of the expenses will be the recital fee of $28 per month. Below are just a few of the expenses that are required to produce a wonderful show for everyone to enjoy:

Tennessee Performing Arts Center Rental for 2 days
Insurance
Security
Ushers
Professional Back Stage Technicians
Back Stage Staff
Lighting
Props
Digital Music Preparation
Programs
Ticket Printing
BMI and ASCAP fees



2. Costume Fee added to your monthly billing:

A costume fee will be added to your monthly billing. We would like to estimate the costume fee for January monthly billing and then calculate the exact fee beginning in February. This will only be for costumes that are ordered. Some of the dances may require costumes that can be put together from some of the students existing costumes or other types of clothing for dances such as hip-hop or the opening number. We will have this all finalized before the February billing.

The 3-4 year old classes will only perform 2 dances at the recital and they will only pay for 2 costumes. All other classes will perform 3 dances at the recital. We will try to keep the costume costs on an average of $50 and below per costume for the younger students and $65 max for the older students.

Costume costs do not include tights, earrings or special hair accessories. We will add these accessories to the final billings.


If you are on the competition teams, you will only pay for costumes that are added for recital. For example, if you are already competing with a tap and jazz dance, then you will only be charged for the lyrical (ballet) dance that will be added for recital. So you would only pay an extra $10 per month costume fee as an example to purchase that one costume for recital.


3. Rehearsal and Recital Dates

Rehearsal is on Friday, May 28 and Recital is on Saturday, May 29. Times will be announced later. For rehearsal, we are planning for an initial “run through” of the recital in normal dancewear and then do a full dress rehearsal afterwards.

4. Recital Pictures

We have already booked a professional photographer to come to the studio to make group and individual pictures. These dates and times will be announced later. This will save standing in long lines at recital rehearsal for pictures. We will also use this time as a dress rehearsal at the studio.

5. Recital Videos

We are looking into the videographers but have not made a final decision.


6. Recital Tickets

We are not expecting to sell the lower level tickets. Our estimates should cover all expenses. We will calculate the number of tickets that will be given to each student based on the number of seats in lower level of the Jackson divided by the number of students enrolled in Legacy. These tickets will be packaged and drawn from a blind selection by a parent when all the student’s final payments have been made.

The upper level of Jackson is open seating.

More detailed information will follow. As always, thank you for all your kindness and patience during our first year.

Help Us Welcome Lindsey Pitts to Our Teaching Staff

Everyone please help us welcome Lindsey Pitts to our teaching staff at Legacy! Lindsey has recently moved to Nashville from Indianapolis. She has her BS in Dance and Arts Administration from Butler University. She is presently a member of the Nashville Ballet II. We are so excited to have Lindsey helping out at Legacy. She will be a wonderful addition to our studio!

Here are just a few facts about Lindsey:
B.S. (2009) Dance & Arts Administration, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-Present Nashville Ballet II
Artistic Director Paul Vasterling

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
2005-2009
Butler Ballet
Artistic Director Michelle Jarvis

Midland Festival Ballet
1999-2005
Co-Artistic Directors Susan Clark & Judy Coleman

TRAINING
2005-2009
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. Jordan College of Fine Arts.
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Modern Technique, Jazz, Body
Placement, Masterworks of Dance, Dance Costuming,
Acting for Dancers, Improvisation, Character Dance-
Slavic & Spanish, Laban Movement Analysis, Pas de Deux,
Choreography, Dance History, Theory & Philosophy of
Dance, Music Theory for Dance.

2007-2009
Russian Ballet Academy of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN.
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Contemporary, & Pilates.

1997 – 2005
Coleman Academy. Midland, TX.
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Contemporary, & Pilates.

1992 – 1998
La Petite Dance Studio, Midland, TX.
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, & Lyrical.

Studio and Competition Team Jackets and Warm Ups

Please finalize your compeition team warmup orders if you would like to receive the warmups before Christmas. The company that makes the warmups are now scheduling the full 6 weeks out and we have to give the embroidery company at least a week. We will need to place the orders by Monday October 26 to guarantee Christmas delivery.

Studio Jackets turn around time is still guaranteed for 2 -4 weeks.

Legacy Dance Studio Jackets and Competition WarmUps

Legacy Dance Studio Jackets
The Legacy Dance Studio Jacket samples will be available in the front office on Monday, September 28. Legacy Dance will be embroidered across the back of the jackets and the student's name will be embroidered on the front of the jackets. Two styles of jackets will be available to choose from. Style #1 will be available for $55.00 (this includes embroidery).
Style #2 will be available for $75 (this includes embroidery).

Please allow 3 weeks for delivery from order date. Orders are to be paid in full before ordering.


Competition Team Jackets and Pants
The Legacy Dance Competition Team Jackets and Pants are now available to order. The jackets and pants will take 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. The B52's will have the black jackets and pants and the Phantoms, SpitFires, Thunderboltz and BombShells will have purple jackets and pants. The jackets and pants will be the same style and design from CDS with the rhinestone zipper. The jackets will have Legacy Dance embroidered across the back with the student's name on the front left lapel of the jacket. Order forms and sizing charts will be located at the front desk. We will be placing orders at the end of each week. Total Price for the embroidered set is $155. All Orders are to be paid in full before ordering.

We will meet with the male students to discuss sweatshirt or jacket options.

Legacy Dance 2009 - 2010 Calendar

August
August 31st, 2009 - 1st week of classes

September
September 7th, 2009 – Labor Day – No Classes

October
October 26th-30th , 2009 - Costume Week!

November
November 25th-29th, 2009 - Thanksgiving Break- No Classes

December
December 21st, 2009 - January 3rd, 2010- Winter Break- No Classes

January
January 4th, 2010 – Classes begin 2nd Semester

April
April 5th-9th, 2009 – Spring Break- No Classes

May
May 28th, 2009 – Recital Rehearsal at TPAC Jackson Hall
May 29th, 2009 – Recital at TPAC Jackson Hall

2010 Competition Schedule

StarQuest - February 5th, 6th and 7th
Location: Acuff Theatre
Nashville, TN
Competition Deadline for Fees - January 4

NexStar - March 12th, 13th and 14th
(We verified that this competition is NOT cancelled)
Location: Middle Tennessee State University
Tucker Theatre
Murfreesboro, TN
Competition Deadline for Fees - February 12th

StageOne - April 16th, 17th and 18th
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Competition Deadline for Fees - March 16th

StageOne NATIONALS - June 24th, 25th, and 27th
(These dates are updated from the original handout)
Location: Gatlinburg, TN
Competition Deadline for Fees - May 19th

2009 - 2010 Classes

2009 - 2010 Classes Begin Monday, August 31, 2009


1 Hour Classes $50.00 per month*
Technique Classes $10.00 per class
Competition $70.00 per month* (includes technique class)
Registration Fee $30.00 per year per student or $50 per family
Family discounts are available.

*The prices listed above do NOT include recital costumes, recital fees, competition costumes or competition fees.